Mothers Day...

I wanted to share the card that my 16yr old son made for me for Mothers Day.  He never plans anything and usually just sits down at my table when I am not looking and grabs whatever he can see and uses that to make a card.  This card is no exception to that rule!

He obviously couldn't be bothered with double sided tape to adhere the punched shapes and paper strip and chose a stapler instead!  He also doesn't care whether paper matches or not, but in this case he did pretty well.

A close up of one of the hearts he punched and stapled.

The card base was an almost full sheet of 12x12 double sided 

patterned paper and the message inside is just priceless...

"Thanks for having me!"

(He was born on Mother's Day after all)

Hope your Mother's Day was as good as mine...


Happy Mothering...


Sal xox

bIRTHDAY bOY...

...My youngest boy turned 16 on Saturday and I thought I would share the card I whipped up for him.

He is our dare-devil child and always wants to be on-the-go.  I found the perfect paper and embellishments in my stash and it all came together quite nicely.

 I inked a chip alpha, doodled around the edges and attached a skateboard dangle charm.

He says he is a 'legend' so I cut the word from the patterned paper and attached it to the card, folded  the corner of the paper and held it in place with a brad. 

This is the card opened.  I put a lift-up flap on the middle section to reveal a message, 

with a turn mount to hold it closed, and a small envelope on the right section to hold a gift certificate, once again using a turn mount to hold it closed.

As there were more than 2 little surprises for him, I also made a pocket for the back section of the card to hold yet another little 'gift message'.

I think he was very happy with the card, as well as the gifts, as he put it in a very prominent place in his bedroom for all his mates to see!!!


Happy Crafting,


Sal xox